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Without Covers160 She's Gone Away
117 In Two x2
117 The Background World
111 Please
109 Over and Out
107 This Isn't the Place
104 Various Methods of Escape
104 Perfect Drug x2
102 All the Love In the World
101 Just Like You Imagined1353 Total

I can't believe I just spent time on this. This is ripe for some new code built into NIN Tour History.

How about a different game?
Similar rules, but you list top-10 most played songs that you haven't seen.

9 Sin
12 Down in It
15 The Frail
17 The Wretched
22 Get Down, Make Love
26 The Only Time
28 Somewhat Damaged
31 Ringfinger
33 That's What I Get
33 Starfuckers, Inc.

total: 226

Interesting! I'm surprised some of those are so high up.

Here's mine:
22 Get Down Make Love
26 The Only Time
31 Ringfinger
33 That's What I Get
38 Happiness in Slavery
64 Right Where It Belongs
68 31 Ghosts
74 All Time Low
78 The Mark Has Been Made
79 Complication

=513

(I've apparently heard Down in it live 7 times? I have no recollection of this).

How about a different game?
Similar rules, but you list top-10 most played songs that you haven't seen.

Agree that this is an interesting twist.

My score is 652. Here is a breakdown, along with a comment about the frequency of being played and relative rarity.

1

That's What I Get

33 pts

Played 153 times, none since '91

2

Me, I'm Not

42

112, (not that rare, just missed it!)

3

No, You Don't

51

90, none since '07

4

Into the Void

55

81, none since '13

5

The Great Below

66

60, none since '00

6

With Teeth

75

49, none since '07

7

The Mark Has Been Made

78

44, none since '00

8

Complication

78

44, none since '00

9

Big Man With A Gun

84

41, only twice since '94

10

The Collector

90

37, none since '09

A "win" here could be LOWEST score, in which case you might be considered the UN-luckiest NIN fan; or the HIGHEST score, in which you would be glossed 'King/Queen of the Catalog.'

If you're looking for high scores, it probably favors older fans, and more frequent attendance at shows. Obviously, the earlier in a band's career, the smaller the catalog, and the more frequent everything was played. The older material falls off over time, and becomes more 'rare,' even though the play count remains relatively high. Although, the diverse selists of the '09 and '18 runs also fill in some of the gaps.

26 - The Only Time31 - Ringfinger33 - That’s What I Get66 - The Great Below
78 - The Mark Has Been Made
78 - Complications
84 - Big Man With A Gun
91 - Hyperpower
98 - Deep
101 - Just Like You Imagined

Ignoring the Ghosts tracks and PHM favorites that haven't been played since the mid-90s, I'm still holding out hope of seeing GDML and at least a few of the Fragile and W_T-era rarities before Trent hangs up his spurs.

I've only been to two concerts thus far, so my score is rather low 855 points:

Rank

Track Name

Play Count

Points

Venue

1

Digital*

6

131

Zitadelle Berlin 2018

2

Branches/Bones

25

99

Zitadelle Berlin 2018

3

Ahead of Ourselves

38

88

Zitadelle Berlin 2018

4

God Break Down the Door

41

84

Zitadelle Berlin 2018

5

Shit Mirror

41

84

Zitadelle Berlin 2018

6

The Lovers

43

80

Zitadelle Berlin 2018

7

Less Than

45

77

Zitadelle Berlin 2018

8

Metal*

46

76

Berlin Arena 2009

9

Physical (You‘re So)*

55

73

Berlin Arena 2009

10

I‘m Afraid of Americans*

70

63

Berlin Arena 2009

I am quite happy I got to see Digital. Afraid of Americans I have seen twice, but as it is the last of the list it only counts one time.

Without covers the score goes down to 731 points. These are the successors:

Rank

Track Name

Play Count

Points

Venue

6

Less Than

45

77

Zitadelle Berlin 2018

7

Non-Entity

72

61

Berlin Arena 2009

8

Heresy

72

61

Berlin Arena 2009

9

Head Down

80

56

Berlin Arena 2009

10

The Downward Spiral

117

41

Berlin Arena 2009

Considering my top ten consists to great parts of trilogy songs I think that these are even cooler to some extend. I am especially glad I got to see Non-Entity and Heresy.

In my top tracks there are still some major standards missing:

Rank

Track Name

Play Count

Points

1

Terrible Lie

742

4

2

Closer

617

7

3

Sin

515

9

4

Suck

480

10

5

The Wretched

325

17

6

Eraser

296

19

7

Only

287

20

8

Sanctified

287

20

9

Get Down, Make Love

255

22

10

Dead Souls

215

23

My rank is 151 points. So apparently I'd be one of the persons that would be happy to see Closer. Terrible Lie is also a big miss. I am quite surprised to see Get Down, Make Love in this list though. Didn't know that it has been such a staple in NIN's performances